Wet and dry days#
Highlights
While variability is high, there has been little change in annual total rainfall observed in the meteorological station at Koror over the last 72 years
There has been little change in both in dry and wet conditions, exhibiting no statistically significant trend over the period 1951 to 2024.
Setup#
First, we need to import all the necessary libraries. Some of them are specifically developed to handle the download and plotting of the data and are hosted at the indicators set-up repository in GitHub
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import warnings
warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")
import os
import os.path as op
import sys
import folium
from myst_nb import glue
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
sys.path.append("../../../../indicators_setup")
from ind_setup.plotting_int import plot_timeseries_interactive
from ind_setup.plotting import plot_bar_probs
from ind_setup.colors import get_df_col
from ind_setup.core import fontsize
from ind_setup.tables import plot_df_table, table_rain_a_summary
sys.path.append("../../../functions")
from data_downloaders import GHCN
country = 'Palau'
vars_interest = ['PRCP']
Get Data#
update_data = False
path_data = "../../../data"
path_figs = "../../../matrix_cc/figures"
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if update_data:
df_country = GHCN.get_country_code(country)
print(f'The GHCN code for {country} is {df_country["Code"].values[0]}')
df_stations = GHCN.download_stations_info()
df_country_stations = df_stations[df_stations['ID'].str.startswith(df_country.Code.values[0])]
print(f'There are {df_country_stations.shape[0]} stations in {country}')
Obervations from Koror Station#
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/global-historical-climatology-network-daily/doc/GHCND_documentation.pdf
The data used for this analysis comes from the GHCN (Global Historical Climatology Network)-Daily database.
This a database that addresses the critical need for historical daily temperature, precipitation, and snow records over global land areas. GHCN-Daily is a
composite of climate records from numerous sources that were merged and then subjected to a suite of
quality assurance reviews. The archive includes over 40 meteorological elements including temperature daily maximum/minimum, temperature at observation time,
precipitation and more.
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if update_data:
GHCND_dir = 'https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/global-historical-climatology-network-daily/access/'
id = 'PSW00040309' # Koror Station
dict_prcp = GHCN.extract_dict_data_var(GHCND_dir, 'PRCP', df_country_stations.loc[df_country_stations['ID'] == id])[0]
data = dict_prcp[0]['data']#.dropna()
data.to_pickle(op.join(path_data, 'GHCN_precipitation.pkl'))
else:
data = pd.read_pickle(op.join(path_data, 'GHCN_precipitation.pkl'))
Analysis of wet days
dict_prcp = [{'data' : data, 'var' : 'PRCP', 'ax' : 1, 'label' : 'Precipitation'}, ]
Wet days#
Wet days are considered when rainfall is above 1mm
data = dict_prcp[0]['data']#.dropna()
data = data.groupby(data.index.year).filter(lambda x: len(x) >= 300).dropna()
glue("n_years", len(np.unique(data.index.year)), display=False)
data['wet_day'] = np.where(data['PRCP'] > 1, 1, np.where((np.isnan(data['PRCP'])==True), np.nan, 0))
fig, ax = plot_bar_probs(x = [0, 1], y = data.groupby('wet_day').count()['PRCP'].values, labels = ['Dry Days', 'Wet Days'])
ax.set_title('Distribution of Wet Days', fontsize = fontsize)
ax.set_ylabel('Number of Days', fontsize = fontsize)
Text(0, 0.5, 'Number of Days')
Accumulated precipitation#
The following plot analyzes the accumulated precipitation for each year since 1951.
# Correct accumulated precipitation with number of observations per year to make fair comparisons and trends
datag = (data.groupby(data.index.year).sum()/ data.groupby(data.index.year).count()) * 365
datag.index = pd.to_datetime(datag.index, format = '%Y')
dict_plot = [{'data' : datag, 'var' : 'PRCP', 'ax' : 1, 'label':'Accumulated precipitation [mm]'},]
fig, ax = plot_bar_probs(x = datag.index.year, y = datag['PRCP'].values,
trendline = True, figsize = [15, 4])
ax.set_ylabel('Accumulated Rainfall [mm]', fontsize = fontsize)
Text(0, 0.5, 'Accumulated Rainfall [mm]')
Number of days over and above 1mm threshold#
The following plot analyzes the number of wet (over 1mm) and dry days over time
threshold = 1 #np.percentile(data['PRCP'].dropna(), 90)
data['wet_day_t'] = np.where(data['PRCP'] > threshold, 1, np.where((np.isnan(data['PRCP'])==True), np.nan, 0))
data_th = data.groupby([data.index.year, data.wet_day_t]).count()['PRCP']
data_th = data_th/data.groupby(data.index.year).count()['PRCP'] * 365
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize = [15, 5])
data_th.unstack().plot(kind = 'bar', stacked = True, ax = ax, color = get_df_col()[:2], edgecolor = 'white', alpha = .5)
ax.set_ylabel('Number of days', fontsize = fontsize)
Text(0, 0.5, 'Number of days')
The following plots analyze independently the number of wet and dry days over time as well the trend over time which is not significant in both cases.
#Wet days
data2 = data.loc[data['wet_day_t'] == 1]
data2 = data2.groupby(data2.index.year).count()
fig, ax, trend = plot_bar_probs(x = data2.index, y = data2.PRCP.values, trendline = True,
y_label = 'Number of wet days [>1mm]', figsize = [15, 4], return_trend = True)
plt.savefig(op.join(path_figs, 'F7a_Wet_days_1mm.png'), dpi=300, bbox_inches='tight')
glue("trend_wet", float(trend), display=False)
#Dry days
data2 = data.loc[data['wet_day_t'] == 0]
data2 = data2.groupby(data2.index.year).count()
fig, ax, trend = plot_bar_probs(x = data2.index, y = data2.PRCP.values, trendline = True,
y_label = 'Number of dry days [<1mm]', figsize = [15, 4], return_trend = True)
plt.savefig(op.join(path_figs, 'F6a_Number_dry.png'), dpi=300, bbox_inches='tight')
glue('trend_dry', float(trend), display=False)
Days over 95 threshold#
To have a metric of the changes in the extreme rainfall regime, the number of days over the 95 percentile is analyzed in the following plot
prcentile = 95
threshold = np.round(np.percentile(data['PRCP'].dropna(), prcentile), 2)
print(f'Threshold of {threshold}mm')
data['wet_day_t'] = np.where(data['PRCP'] > threshold, 1, np.where((np.isnan(data['PRCP'])==True), np.nan, 0))
Threshold of 45.7mm
data_2 = data.loc[data['wet_day_t'] == 1][['PRCP']]
data_over_th = data_2.groupby(data_2.index.year).count()
data_over_th.index = pd.to_datetime(data_over_th.index, format = '%Y')
data_over_th['PRCP_below'] = 365 - data_over_th['PRCP'].values
dict_plot = [{'data' : data_over_th, 'var' : 'PRCP', 'ax' : 1, 'label':f'Number of days over threshold: {threshold}mm'},]
fig = plot_bar_probs(x = data_over_th.index.year, y = data_over_th['PRCP'].values, trendline = True,
figsize = (15, 5), y_label = f'Number of days over {prcentile} percentile')
plt.savefig(op.join(path_figs, 'F7b_Wet_days_95p.png'), dpi=300, bbox_inches='tight')
Annual maxima#
The evolution of the annual maximum precipitation is shown in the following plot.
data_max = data.groupby(data.index.year).max()
data_max.index = pd.to_datetime(data_max.index, format = '%Y')
dict_plot = [{'data' : data_max, 'var' : 'PRCP', 'ax' : 1, 'label':'Annual daily maxima'},]
plot_timeseries_interactive(dict_plot, trendline = True, figsize = (25, 12), label_yaxes = 'Precipitation [mm]');
Generate table#
Table sumarizing different metrics of the data analyzed in the plots above
df = table_rain_a_summary(data)
fig = plot_df_table(df.T, figsize = (600, 350),)